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10:05 AM.Ron Finley and other gangsta gardeners like him are planting to transform their neighbourhoods, in some of America's most notoriously dangerous places. For Ron the story begins in front of his house… Read more Video, Audio, Gallery

9:45 AM.The Pacific nations are now the most Mormon nations in the world, strange events in American Samoa with Vice President Pence, why build Munda airport?- and an update on Cyclone Donna. Audio

9:30 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks with Stanford University lecturer Tony Seba who has co-authored a report predicting the impact of driver-less cars. He says within 10 years of regulatory approval, 95% of passenger… Read more Audio

9:15 AM.French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and centrist young gun, Emmanuel Macron go head-to-head on Sunday 7th May in France's presidential election after one of the most bitter, divisive and… Read more Audio

9:05 AM.One school and several businesses in Auckland's CBD have installed overnight sprinkler systems in their doorways to deter rough sleepers. The Chamber of Commerce says it does not condone the practice… Read more Audio

11:33 AM.Animator, and childrens book author, Chrissy Metge talks to Kathryn Ryan about how pictures and animation engage children and help to spark their imagination. She is the author of three Max and His… Read more Audio

10:06 AM.Should more people stop preaching to farmers and take a look closer at themselves? Kathryn Ryan talks to three NZ farmers: Ian Carter, Jill Martin, and Tony Hore who've been involved in a thought… Read more Audio

9:36 AM.For the past 18 months Selwyn Village's rest homes have been playing host to mums and their offspring as part of their 'Baby Buddies' visiting programme. Kathryn Ryan talks to Selwyn's Registered… Read more Audio

9:21 AM.Since the National government has been in power the proportion of aid going towards economic development has risen from less than 10 percent to nearly a third, at the expense of directly targeting… Read more Audio

9:08 AM.Yesterday the government outlined the 10 goals it has set itself for the next four years, including a new goal of cutting the number of serious crime victims by 10 thousand. It's aim of lowering… Read more Audio

11:28 AM.Kathryn Ryan chats to the outback Australian farmer whose health and fitness programmes are an online hit. For the last eight years Joy McClymont has run a virtual personal training business from her… Read more Audio

10:18 AM.A docu-series about a quest for sunken treasure that began in space nearly 50 years ago and is now continuing on the seafloor hits New Zealand TV screens this week. Read more Audio, Gallery

10:07 AM.NZME's CEO Michael Boggs talks to Kathryn Ryan about the impact of the Commerce Commission's decision to decline its proposed merger with Fairfax. Audio

9:27 AM.Kathryn Ryan talks to John Craven, the Chair of Specialisterne in Australia who's part of a global effort to find one million jobs around the world for people with autism by the year 2025. He's hoping… Read more Audio

9:09 AM.Nine to Noon media commentator, former editor of the New Zealand Herald, Gavin Ellis discusses the Commerce Commission's decision to decline the proposed merger of the country's two biggest media… Read more Audio

11:23 AM.Janice Lee tells Kathryn Ryan about her award-winning project Koha Kai, which is bringing two communities together through food. Koha Kai trains people with disabilities to prepare hot lunches at… Read more Audio